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  • The ability to communicate in a language - I lacked the language ________ to study in Germany.
    pride
    ability
    habit
    competence
  • to not have many opportunities - Young people who don´t study will have ___________.
    less probabilities
    lower practices
    limited prospects
    low possibility
  • to not be useful for anything - Nobody ever uses the college coffee machine. It really ____________ no useful purpose.
    makes
    serves
    does
    helps
  • to stop using or doing something - Smartphones have made it possible to ______________ the use of fax machines.
    change out of
    switch off of
    shift away from
    swing out to
  • to be the reason or explanation for something - The recession _______ the slow growth in the economy.
    respects to
    answers of
    means of
    accounts for
  • limited amount of money to spend - Due to current budget  ___________ we can´t but the car.
    deterrent
    constraints
    liberty
    allowance
  • not having enough of what you need - We can’t expand our business because we ________ the financial _________.
    fault funds
    short stock
    lack resources
    miss reserve
  • to save a lot of money - The new computer system should produce _____________.
    safe earnings
    saving budget
    plenty saving
    substantial savings
  • reaching an acceptable standard - Your last essay wasn’t ___________. You only got 40%.
    up to mark
    up on note
    up to scratch
    up on dot
  • achieve everything one´s capable of - If James __________, he could become a professional actor.
    reaches his aim
    makes his goals
    succeeds his dreams
    fulfils his potential
  • to start doing something with energy - He told us what page to read and so we could ________ reading the story.
    tackle onto
    get stuck in
    launch out
    jump up
  • to make yourself look stupid in front of others - I really made a _________ of when I couldn’t remember her name.
    silly
    fool
    stupid
    freak
  • be as capable as others in a situation - Jill can _________ in any conversation on science.
    hold her own
    stay on top
    keep her ground
    maintain her spot
  • to not think of something when judging a situation - We failed to ___________ the rainy weather and had to postpone the football game.
    remember that
    stop to think
    take into account
    remind ourselves
  • make people richer - New firms in the area are helping to _________.
    create wealth
    gain funding
    make rich
    accumulate finance
  • become less and then disappear - The campfire will ________ if we don´t put more wood on it.
    fail out
    die out
    lose out
    drop out
  • to be useful to someone in the future - This experience will ___________ when you go to college.
    put you on top
    step you above
    stand you in good stead
    serve you good
  • different life forms living in one place - There is a lot of _________ in a rainforest.
    biological diversity
    biologic variance
    biolosity
    bio variety
  • so surprised that you do not know how to react - I was ___________ by the questions and didn’t know what to say.
    completely thrown
    fully founded
    absolutely gone
    totally tossed
  • to lose contact with or forget about where you came from - Pierre has lived abroad for so long that he is starting to lose _________ with his roots.
    faculties
    touch
    communication
    contacts
  • to get used to a place where you have started to live - It took Pavel a while to __________ the area, but now he has a lot of good friends here.
    set in
    move in
    fall into
    settle into
  • An event will happen soon and is usually unpleasant. - The high winds warned us of the _________ hurricane.
    imploding
    impeding
    impending
    implying
  • to affect something or someone in a bad way - Smoking has a _________ on your health.
    determined payoff
    detrimental effect
    disastrous failure
    destroying significance
  • to not have many opportunities - Young people who don´t study will have limited ___________.
    probability
    prospects
    possibility
    perspections
  • intentionally decide to do something - I made a __________ decision to eat more healthy foods.
    programmed
    clever
    conscious
    aware
  • a part of something with many parts - She has so many _________ to her personality.
    vices
    scarcities
    facets
    flaws
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